Coefficients for sea surface wind stress, heat flux, and wind profiles as a function of wind speed and temperature
Abstract
Surface layer coefficients for wind profiles, wind stress, and heat flux in typical open sea conditions are briefly reviewed. Businger-Dyer flux-gradient relationships and a Charnock wind stress formula fit the empirical data and are dimensionally consistent. These have been solved by an iterative method, and the results are presented in a tabular form suitable for climatological calculations from marine wind and temperature data.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1029/JC093iC12p15467
- Bibcode:
- 1988JGR....9315467S
- Keywords:
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- Oceanography: Physical: Air/sea interactions;
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology;
- Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Ocean/atmosphere interactions